Coca-Cola 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1985

Bill Elliott

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bill Elliott won the 1985 Coca-Cola 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1985, leading 129 of 328 laps. Geoffrey Bodine finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Tuesday, January 1, 1985

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1985

Winner

Bill Elliott

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Bill Elliott	Melling Racing		328	—	Running	129	185
2	12	+10	Geoffrey Bodine	Hendrick Motorsports		328	—	Running	2	175
3	1	-2	Neil Bonnett	Junior Johnson & Associates		328	—	Running	47	170
4	5	+1	Ricky Rudd	Bud Moore Engineering		327	—	Running	30	165
5	14	+9	Bobby Allison	DiGard Motorsports		327	—	Running	2	160
6	23	+17	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		327	—	Running	2	155
7	11	+4	Ron Bouchard	Race Hill Farm Team		327	—	Running	2	151
8	17	+9	Benny Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		327	—	Running	—	142
9	8	-1	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing		326	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Greg Sacks	Sacks & Sons		325	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Kyle Petty	Wood Brothers Racing		322	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Stavola Brothers Racing		319	—	Running	—	127
13	24	+11	Richard Petty	Curb Racing		319	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Randy LaJoie	Bob Johnson (Owner)		319	—	Running	—	0
15	37	+22	Eddie Bierschwale	U. S. Motorsports Inc.		318	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson & Associates		317	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	36	+19	Ken Schrader	Donlavey Racing		317	—	Running	—	112
18	32	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Chrysler	315	—	Running	—	109
19	26	+7	Don Hume	Hylton Engineering		314	—	Running	—	106
20	39	+19	Clark Dwyer	Langley-Woodfield Racing		306	—	Running	—	103
21	40	+19	Slick Johnson	Spohn Racing		292	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	4	-18	Cale Yarborough	Ranier-Lundy Racing		273	—	DNF - Engine	111	102
23	38	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		262	—	DNF	—	94
24	6	-18	Harry Gant	Mach 1 Racing		258	—	DNF - Engine	1	96
25	28	+3	Sterling Marlin	Sadler Racing		227	—	Running	—	88
26	30	+4	Joe Ruttman	Morgan-McClure Motorsports		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	10	-17	Rusty Wallace	Cliff Stewart Racing		196	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	27	-1	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		185	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	7	-22	David Pearson	Ellington Racing		183	—	DNF	—	76
30	2	-28	Tim Richmond	Blue Max Racing		177	—	DNF - Engine	2	78
31	34	+3	Lennie Pond	Hylton Engineering		144	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	29	-3	Tom Sneva	Curb Racing		138	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	31	-2	Ken Ragan	Hamby Racing		138	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	13	-21	Mike Alexander	Sims Brothers Racing		115	—	DNF	—	61
35	35	—	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		112	—	DNF	—	58
36	33	-3	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		93	—	DNF	—	55
37	20	-17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	41	+3	Dick Brooks	Petty Enterprises		67	—	DNF	—	49
39	25	-14	Buddy Baker	Baker-Schiff Racing		57	—	DNF	—	46
40	9	-31	Lake Speed	RahMoc Enterprises		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	18	-23	Phil Parsons	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	40